| From Asphalt to Ecosystems: Rebuilding Water, Energy, and Food Systems at the Community Scale | Steve Nygren, Serenbe | Solutions Stage | ||
| Firegate: A Computation Wildfire Spread Model with Machine Learning Guided Suppressant Optimization. | Kelly Liu | Solutions Stage | ||
| AI Governance Framework Development | Anzar Hasan, Arsh.ai | Solutions Stage | ||
| Exploring Sustainable Nitrogen Conversion: Computational Insights into Nitrosyl Reduction by Iron Complexes | Prahaladh Gopalakrishnan, Ethos | Solutions Stage | ||
| Funding Early-Stage Climate and Sustainability Solutions Beyond Traditional Venture and Grants | Bruce Makous Michael Porteous | Solutions Stage | ||
| Investor | Varad Mohod | Solutions Stage | ||
| Smart Communication for a Warming World: Why Storytelling Is Climate Infrastructure | Angela Betancourt, Betancourt Group | Solutions Stage | ||
| Reinventing Solar: How 3D Energy Infrastructure Unlocks the Next Era of Clean Power | Mohammed Njie, Janta Power | Solutions Stage | ||
| Airport Decarbonization | Darcy Zarubiak, RoVolus, LLC | Solutions Stage | ||
| The Generative Organization: Leading with AI Without Losing the Human | Bryan Cassady | Solutions Stage | ||
| Working with, not for: How to truly engage the next generation in Sustainability | Nate Wilbourne, Gen-Z Aotearoa | Solutions Stage | ||
| Catching the Flood: How Simple Rain Harvesting Solves Dallas's Water Paradox | Rebecca Cap Mertens | Solutions Stage | ||
| Earth Recovery: From Awareness to Action | Reginald Patterson | Solutions Stage | ||
| From Waste to Wisdom: Composting Solutions That Stick | Danny Sudman | Solutions Stage | ||
| Pithecophilia: Stories of Apes, Awe, and Becoming an Explorer | Robert Louis DeMayo | Solutions Stage | ||
| Felix Finkbeiner: Championing a global initiative that fights for climate justice | Felix Finkbeiner, Plant-for-the-Planet | Solutions Stage | ||
| The Return of the Storks | Lorie Karnath, Millbrook School | Solutions Stage | ||
| EarthAtlas | Carolyn Scott | Solutions Stage | ||
| The ABCs of California’s Native Bees & The Plant Life They Sustain: Exploring the powerful, reciprocal connections between California’s immensely biodiverse bee populations and native plants | Krystle Hickman | Solutions Stage | ||
| CEO Glass Boxes Modern Prefabricated Homes | Whitney A. Walker, Glass Boxes.com | Solutions Stage | ||
| Sustainability as Competitive Advantage: How Businesses Drive Impact and ROI | Grant Kendzior | Solutions Stage | ||
| The Ecology of Resilience: Inner Development and Sustainable Regenerative Living | Blake Hestir | Solutions Stage | ||
| The HERO Factor for a Sustainable Future: Identity-Driven Leadership That Actually Moves the Needle | Cory Charles | Solutions Stage | ||
| Assessing AI for Climate Restoration: Delivering higher ROI on Restoration with bioregional knowledge | Manisha Priyadarshini | Solutions Stage | ||
| Why The World Needs to Know What Are the World’s Top 10 Plants and Trees Which Capture the Most CO 2/Acre/Time Period | Joe James | Solutions Stage | ||
| Centre People, Connect Systems: Integrating Environmental Science into Meaningful Social Impact Practice | Andrea Kanaris, All Things Social Impact Pty Ltd | Solutions Stage | ||
| From a Nimble Team to a Global Conservation Network: How Capacity, Capital, and Trust Scale Impact | Abby Sun, Wildlife Conservation Network | Solutions Stage | ||
| Water is a Gift of Life | Jacob Nimeier, Vera Aqua Vera Vita | Solutions Stage |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome to the Arena | Jason Seedall, The Roosevelt Initiative | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 9:00 AM | Michael Vandenbergh in Conversation | Michael Vandenbergh | TV Podcast Stage | |
| 9:15 AM | How Is the Arena Changing? | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | ||
| 9:15 AM | America at 250: Can Nature Still Be Our Common Ground? | Main Stage | ||
| 9:30 AM | Beyond Gloom, Doom, and Division: A Reward-Driven Path to a Bright Energy Future | Susan Meredith, Human Excel | Solutions Stage | |
| 9:30 AM | Making Sustainability Desirable: How Biodegradable Materials Can Reduce Plastic Pollution and Reinvent Fashion | Sasha Royce | TV Podcast Stage | |
| 10:00 AM | State of Regenerative Ag | Jason Seedall, The Roosevelt Initiative | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 10:00 AM | Inside Trump’s Environmental Worldview | Main Stage | ||
| 10:00 AM | Healthcare Industry Being Impacted By Regulated Substances | Richard Cheng, Ritter Spencer Cheng, PLLC | Solutions Stage | |
| 10:05 AM | Regenerative Ag Creating Opportunities | Juan Whiting, Hinterland Institute | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 10:20 AM | Bringing Back Small Farms | AJ Richards, From The Farm | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 10:20 AM | TBD | Main Stage | ||
| 10:35 AM | How the Market Wants to Change | David Cary, HighGround Ranch Developers | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 11:00 AM | Browngirl Green | Kristy Drutman, Green Jobs Board | Solutions Stage | |
| 11:00 AM | Regenerative Ag All Around | Jason Seedall, The Roosevelt Initiative AJ Richards, From The Farm David Cary, HighGround Ranch Developers Juan Whiting, Hinterland Institute | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 11:00 AM | Blueprints to Heal the Planet: I — Coral Reefs Art and Design for Nature-Based Solutions to Coral Reef Restoration | Mara G. Haseltine, Geotherapy Institute for Art and Field Sciences | TV Podcast Stage | |
| 11:15 AM | Beyond Washington: How States Are Shaping the Future of Environmental Policy | Main Stage | ||
| 11:30 AM | Keep America Beautiful | Jamie Colvert Allison Hannel | Solutions Stage | |
| 11:35 AM | Structured Networking and Collaboration | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | ||
| 12:00 PM | Rewriting Party Lines: Can Future Lawmakers find Common Ground? | Main Stage | ||
| 1:30 PM | Welcome Back and Reintroduction | Jason Seedall, The Roosevelt Initiative | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 1:45 PM | Opportunities Through Rural Development | Sharita Humphrey, EcoPower Source Inc | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 2:00 PM | Nuclear: Unity and Opportunity | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | ||
| 2:00 PM | Powering the Nation: Energy Security in an Uncertain World | Main Stage | ||
| 2:15 PM | Unleashing Abundance in DC | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | ||
| 2:45 PM | Powering the Next Industrial Era: Energy, Infrastructure, and the Digital Economy | Main Stage | ||
| 3:00 PM | Style as a Sustainability Solution: Reimagining Fashion & Home Through Circular Living | Sarah Teresinski, Redeux Style | Solutions Stage | |
| 3:00 PM | Roosevelt as a Role Model for Modern Conservation | Tim Gallaudet, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 3:15 PM | Getting Gen Z and Alpha Involved | Emmy Scott | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 3:30 PM | Climate Activist Xiye Bastida | Xiye Bastida | Solutions Stage | |
| 3:30 PM | Conservation Bridges Gaps | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | ||
| 3:45 PM | Green Jobs: The Market for Conservation | Kristy Drutman, Green Jobs Board | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 3:45 PM | Have Environmentalists Lost The Script? | Monica Medina Elizabeth Gray, National Audubon Society Sweta Chakraborty Whitney Strauss | Main Stage | |
| 4:00 PM | The Built Environment Is the Climate System We Can Actually Control | Amy Polvado, Facilimax | Solutions Stage | |
| 4:05 PM | Public Lands Unite Through Opportunity | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | ||
| 4:30 PM | Wrap-Up and Alliance Announcement | Tim Gallaudet, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC Jason Seedall, The Roosevelt Initiative | Citizenship in the Conservation Era | |
| 4:30 PM | TBD | Main Stage |
| 9:00 AM | Unlocking the Bioecoeconomy Across Food, Nature, Waste, Energy, and Jobs | Bio Economy Summit | ||
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Angela Lang, Tony Fay Public Relations | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 9:15 AM | OPENING KEYNOTE: Andrew Winston | Main Stage | ||
| 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks | Monica Paul, Dallas Sports Commission | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 9:30 AM | Urban & Regional Agrisystems as Transformative Engines of Local Prosperity and BioEconomy Innovation | Owen Lynch | Bio Economy Summit | |
| 9:40 AM | Corporate Responsibility: What Works, What Doesn’t | Charles DeMonaco, Fox Rothschild Michael Vandenbergh | Main Stage | |
| 9:45 AM | Play to Win: The Power of Sports for Sustainability | Sarah Hussain Meghna Tare, The University of Texas at Arlington Michael Kraus, Green Sports Alliance Riley Nelson, NASCAR Ben Swanger | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 10:00 AM | Bob Ballard & Tim Gallaudet in Conversation | Tim Gallaudet, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC | Solutions Stage | |
| 10:00 AM | Panel: Food Systems as Bioeconomic Infrastructure | Whitney Strauss | Bio Economy Summit | |
| 10:25 AM | Food, Health & Workforce: Pathways That Center People, Jobs, and Well-Being | Emma Saving | Bio Economy Summit | |
| 10:30 AM | Coffee Break | Sports & Sustainability | ||
| 10:40 AM | KEYNOTE: Corporate Leadership at Scale | Bill Shireman, Solution Citizen Vicki Hollub, Occidental Petroleum | Main Stage | |
| 10:45 AM | Athletic Spotlight | Garry Gilliam, The Bridge Eco-Village | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 10:45 AM | Soil Is Infrastructure: Coordinating Restoration at Scale | John Heywood | Bio Economy Summit | |
| 11:00 AM | Guy Harvey Foundation | Jessica Harvey, Guy Harvey Foundation | Solutions Stage | |
| 11:10 AM | Capturing Carbon Through Nature & Technology | Vicki Hollub, Occidental Petroleum Jim Blackburn, BCarbon, Rice University James Clement, EarthOptics, King Ranch Bill Shireman, Solution Citizen | Main Stage | |
| 11:15 AM | Dallas 2026: How North Texas is Redefining Host City Sustainability | Valerie Washington Jim Ross, City of Arlington Liz Cedillo-Pereira Audrey Henvey, D CEO Magazine | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 11:30 AM | Ocean Mapping with Greenwater Marine Sciences Offshore | G. Mark Miller, Greenwater Marine Sciences Offshore | Solutions Stage | |
| 12:00 PM | BANQUET KEYNOTE: Exploration, Discovery & the Stakes Beneath the Surface | Main Stage | ||
| 12:00 PM | Networking Lunch | Sports & Sustainability | ||
| 1:30 PM | Pitching for the Planet | Natalie Bettger Frank Balbuena, The Coca-Cola Company Sarah Ziomek, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 2:00 PM | The Secret World of the Explorers Club | Richard Wiese | Main Stage | |
| 2:00 PM | The Nature Record: Conversation and Comments on the First-Ever US Nature Assessment | Tessa Francis | Workshops & Meetings | |
| 2:20 PM | Inspiring the Next Wave of Explorers: Storytelling, Science & Planetary Curiosity | Richard Wiese Serena McCalla, iResearch Corporation Gaelin Rosenwaks, Global Ocean Exploration, Inc | Main Stage | |
| 2:30 PM | Coffee Break | Sports & Sustainability | ||
| 2:30 PM | Dr. Sylvia Earle in Conversation | Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue | Solutions Stage | |
| 2:45 PM | Athletic Spotlight | Michele Spiezia, Ellysium Racing Ellis Spiezia, Ellysium Racing | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 3:00 PM | The Blue Economy: Art, Innovation, and Ocean Solutions with ORAI | Shelby Thomas, Ocean Rescue Alliance International | Solutions Stage | |
| 3:00 PM | Oceans, Security & Technology: The New Geopolitics of the Deep | Tim Gallaudet, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC G. Mark Miller, Greenwater Marine Sciences Offshore | Main Stage | |
| 3:15 PM | Community, Fans & Facilities: Designing Legacy at Scale | Susan Alvarez Scott Woodrow, AT&T Stadium Layten Praytor, D CEO Magazine Skye Fabrizio, C3 Presents | Sports & Sustainability | |
| 3:30 PM | Gaelin Rosenwaks in Conversation | Gaelin Rosenwaks, Global Ocean Exploration, Inc | Solutions Stage | |
| 3:40 PM | DEBATE: TBD | Teri Donaldson | Main Stage | |
| 4:00 PM | Richard Wiese in Conversation | Richard Wiese | Solutions Stage | |
| 4:00 PM | ISD Exhibits and Pop up Booths | Sports & Sustainability | ||
| 4:20 PM | Supreme Court Update: What the Court Is Reshaping | Todd Kim, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Robert Percival John Cruden, Beveridge and Diamond | Main Stage | |
| 5:00 PM | Networking Happy Hour | Sports & Sustainability | ||
| 5:15 PM | CLOSING KEYNOTE: Sylvia Earle | Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue | Main Stage |
| 8:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | ||
| 9:00 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks | North Texas Day | ||
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Nathan Block, BP Corp NA | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | |
| 9:00 AM | Opening Session: The Future Is Circular | Bill Shireman, Solution Citizen Danielle Holly John Warner, Warner-Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, John C. Warner Green Chemistry Karen Warner | Circle America Summit | |
| 9:00 AM | Game-Changing Circularity: Lessons from Q2 Stadium and Austin FC | Nick Otte, Austin FC Susie Vincent, US Green Building Council | Solutions Stage | |
| 9:10 AM | Setting the Stage: The Eco Future of North Texas | David Marquis, The River Always Wins Kathryn Guerra, Dallas Environmental Commission | North Texas Day | |
| 9:15 AM | OPENING KEYNOTE: Designing for Life | Main Stage | ||
| 9:15 AM | Session 1 – Disputes Impacting the Energy Transition | Jayne Piana, Brown Rudnick LLP Trajan Perez, Miller Nash Mave Gasaway, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Sarah Grey, Arnold & Porter | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | |
| 9:20 AM | Opening Exercise: Why Are You Here? | David Marquis, The River Always Wins | North Texas Day | |
| 9:30 AM | Beyond Permits: Designing Water Agreements for Data Center Growth | Ashleigh Myers, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Solutions Stage | |
| 9:40 AM | Defining the Mission & Objectives | David Marquis, The River Always Wins Kathryn Guerra, Dallas Environmental Commission | North Texas Day | |
| 9:45 AM | Designing Cities for Life: From Vision to Implementation | Fatafehi Fakafnua Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez, Panama Dror Benshetrit | Main Stage | |
| 9:45 AM | Green Chemistry as the Foundation for a Circular Economy | John Warner, Warner-Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, John C. Warner Green Chemistry | Circle America Summit | |
| 10:00 AM | Regional Outlook: Growth, Systems & Interconnection | James McGuire | North Texas Day | |
| 10:00 AM | The Sushi Warrior - Human Enslavement in Illegal Fishing | Fred Garth, FredGarth.com | Solutions Stage | |
| 10:15 AM | Break | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | ||
| 10:20 AM | Networking Break | North Texas Day | ||
| 10:30 AM | Conscious Capital | Lawrence Ford | Solutions Stage | |
| 10:30 AM | Table Session I: Regional Challenges & Perspectives | North Texas Day | ||
| 10:30 AM | Session 2 – Early Dispute Resolution | Peter Silverman, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick� Nathan Block, BP Corp NA | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | |
| 10:45 AM | Water and the Next Century: Security, Scarcity, and the Future of Cities | Main Stage | ||
| 10:45 AM | Radical Reduction Roundtable | Yuly Fuentes-Medel, The Footwear Collective Shawn Stockman Sarah Teresinski, Redeux Style Nabil Nasr, REMADE Institute Kyle Wiens | Circle America Summit | |
| 11:00 AM | PODCAST RECORDING: Nature Makes Sense | Jad Daley Sweta Chakraborty Elizabeth Gray, National Audubon Society | Main Stage | |
| 11:00 AM | Focus Area I: Human Infrastructure | Ian Seamans, Environment Texas Jimena Vivanco | North Texas Day | |
| 11:30 AM | Dr. Serena McCalla in Conversation | Serena McCalla, iResearch Corporation | Solutions Stage | |
| 12:00 PM | Session 3 - Nature Based Solutions - Carbon Offset / Carbon Credit Markets | Mike Dillinger, Grassroots Carbon Jean-Philippe (JP) Brisson, Latham & Watkins Brad Tipper, Grassroots Carbon | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | |
| 12:00 PM | TBD | Main Stage | ||
| 1:00 PM | Session 4 – Private Capital in Low Carbon Financing | Sean Voight, Energy Innovation Hub TX Ryan Andree, Beveridge & Diamond Paul Barker, Kirkland & Ellis | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | |
| 1:30 PM | Focus Area II: Water and the Watershed | Susan Alvarez | North Texas Day | |
| 1:30 PM | Circular Policy Roundtable: EPR, Design for Repair, and Pollution Pricing | Adam Peer, American Chemistry Council Steven Nickel, Google Ricky Bradley, Citizens' Climate Education & Citizens' Climate Lobby Heidi Sanborn, National Stewardship Action Council | Circle America Summit | |
| 2:00 PM | Break | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | ||
| 2:00 PM | TBD | Main Stage | ||
| 2:15 PM | Session 5 – Community Engagement / Developing Community Support for Project Success | Nathan Block, BP Corp NA Marc Ehrhardt, The Ehrhardt Group Greg Johnson, Liskow & Lewis | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | |
| 2:30 PM | Focus Area III: Land Use Meets Biodiversity | Julie Fineman, Constellation of Living Memorials | North Texas Day | |
| 2:40 PM | Recycling Innovation Roundtable | Holli Alexander, Eastman Joe Tegerdine Frank Balbuena, The Coca-Cola Company | Circle America Summit | |
| 2:45 PM | From Scale to Soul: Leaving the Boardroom to Find Health, Nature & Responsibility | Stormy Simon | Main Stage | |
| 3:15 PM | Break | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | ||
| 3:15 PM | Musical Interlude: Songs from the Edge of Fire & Water | Isolde Fair | Main Stage | |
| 3:30 PM | Break | North Texas Day | ||
| 3:30 PM | Voices of the Next Generation: Culture, Creativity, and the Future of Environmental Leadership | Main Stage | ||
| 3:30 PM | Session 6 – Molding Legal Professionals for 21st Century Challenges | Nathan Block, BP Corp NA Ashleigh Myers, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Monika Ehrman, SMU Dedman School of Law Jeff Civins, Haynes & Boone Trajan Perez, Miller Nash | Texas Symposium on Climate & Energy Transition | |
| 3:30 PM | Rebel with a Rake: Nature Based Solutions | Michelle Yahn, nasturtium films | Solutions Stage | |
| 3:40 PM | Creating a Circular Culture | Will Grant, Pachamama Alliance Diamond Spratling, Girl Plus Environment Manisha Priyadarshini, ProgramEarth | Circle America Summit | |
| 3:45 PM | Focus Area IV: Land Use & the Built Environment | Julie Hiromoto | North Texas Day | |
| 4:00 PM | The Future of Living Cities is Regenerative | Dror Benshetrit | Solutions Stage | |
| 4:15 PM | CLOSING KEYNOTE: Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty: Small Nations and the Future of the Global System | Main Stage | ||
| 4:30 PM | Closing Session: What Now? What Next? | David Marquis, The River Always Wins Kathryn Guerra, Dallas Environmental Commission | North Texas Day | |
| 4:30 PM | Closing Session: United by Nature for America 250 | Bill Shireman, Solution Citizen Maury Giles Xiye Bastida | Circle America Summit | |
| 4:30 PM | Not Your Usual Networking Session: Community Building Across Sectors | Tania Roa, beVisioneers: the Mercedes Benz fellowship | Solutions Stage |